Capping-machine



D. FASSON.

' CAPPING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 23, 1920.

mm Aug. 9,1921.

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D. FASSON.

CAPPING MACHl-NE.

I APPLICATION FILED APR. 23, 1-920. 1 ,387, 373, Patented Aug. 9, 1921.

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ATTORNEY.

PATENT OFFICE.

DANIEL FASSON, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.

CARING-MACHINE.

Application filed April 23,

To all whom it mag concern: i

Be it known'that I, DANIEL FASSON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New York,have. invented certain new and useful Improvements in Capping- Machines;and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to capping machines andit consists in the novelfeatures hereinafter described and claimed.

An object of the invention isto provide a machine of simple and durablestructure adapted to be used to advantage for applying the caps to cans,jars or other containers and which includes means for supporting thecontainer, which means is adjustablein order that it may receivecontainers of dif ferent sizes and means adapted to be operated by afootlever and engageable with the cap for forcing the same down and inposition upon thebody of the container.

With this object in view,the machine includes a frame having the footlever fulcrumed thereon. Abody is mounted upon the frame and a tableismovably mounted with relation to the body. Means are provided upon thebody and adapted to be used for adjustingthe table vertically. A panelis pivotally mounted upon the body ata point above thetable andoperating means connects the panel with the said foot lever whereby thepanel is swung in a downward direction as the .foot. lever is depressed.Spring means are provided for normally holding the foot lever inan'elevated position.

.In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of the capping machine,

Flg. 2 is a side elevation of the same,

Fig. 3 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view of the same,

Fig. 4: is a top plan view of the same with parts broken away. I

The capping machine comprises a frame 1 which Is preferably formed fromsections of pipe joined together in a suitable manner. A foot lever 2 isfulcrumed at the lower portion of the'frame 1 and is provided at itsfree end with .a treadle 3; A rod 4 is pivotally connected withthe'intermediate portion of the lever 2 and is con- Specification ofLetters Patent.

1920. Serial No. 376,118.

nected at its upper end with a spring 5, the upper end of which isconnected with the upper portion of the frame 1. The tension of thespring 5 is such as to normally re tain the free end of the lever 2 inan elevated position.

A table frame 5 is mounted upon the base frame 1 and is provided at itsrear side with an upwardly disposed hood portion 6. Vertically disposedshafts 7 are journaled upon the table frame 5 and are provided at theirlower ends with beveled pinions 8 which mesh with similar pinions 9mounted upon a shaft 10 journaled in the lower portion of the tableframe and extending transversely across the same. A crank handle 11 ismounted upon one end of the shaft 10 and is located adjacent the outersurface of one side of the table frame. It is apparent that when theshaft 10 is rotated by using the crank handle 11 that the inter-meshingpinions 8 and 9 will rotate the shafts 7. The shafts"? are exteriorlyscrew threaded and the threadedportions of the said shafts are PatentedAug. 9, 1921.

received in internally threaded sleeves 12 which are fixed to the rearedge portion of the table panel 13; Therefore as the shafts 7 arerotated as hereinbefore described, their screw thread engagement withthe sleeves 12 will move thetable panel 13 vertically. The table panelis provided at its rear edge with an extending flange 14:. A shaft 15 isjournaled at the upper rear portion of the hood 6 and is provided at oneend portion with a radially disposed arm 16 havin shoulder. 17 A setscrew 18 is adjustai -mountedinthenhood 6 and has anend portion locatedin the path of movement of the shoulder 17 and serves to limit theswinging movement ofthe arm 16. A rod 19 is pivotally connected at itsupper end with the free end of the arm 16 and is connected at its lowerend with a stirrup 20 which is pivotally connected with the intermediatepivotally connected at their lower ends with arms fixed to the endportions of the shaft 15. r

In operation, the can to which the'cap is to be applied is placed uponthe panel 13 with the rear side of the can or container in contact withthe flange 14: of the panel 13.

The cap is placed in position upon the top I of the canor container andby turning the shaft 10, the table panel 13 is elevated whereby the capis brought to a position approximately in a horizontal plane with theinner edge of the panel 21. The operator then places his foot upon thetreadle 3 of the lever 2 and depresses the free end of the said leverwhereby the rod 19 is moved longitudinally and the arm 16 is swung aboutthe axis of the shaft 15 and the shaft 15 is turned. This moves the freeends of the arms 23 in a downwardly direction whereby the rods 22 arelowered and the free edge of'the panel 21 is swung from an upper to alower position whereby the said panel 21 assumes the position shown indotted lines in Fig. 3 of the drawings. Thus the under surface of thepanel 21 comes in contact with the upper surface of the cap and forcesthe cap down in position over the body of the container or about theopening at the upper end thereof. lVhen the operator removes pressurefrom the free end of the lever 2, the free end of the said lever isswung to an upper position under the influence of the spring 5 and therod 19 is moved in an upward direction whereby through the connectingparts, the panel 21 is moved from the dotted line position as shown inFig. 3 to the position shown in heavy lines in the said figure and thecontainer with the cap applied may be removed from the table panel 13.

A scale 24 is mounted at the side of the hood 6 and a pointer 25 ismounted upon the table panel 13 and is adapted to move over thegraduations of the scale 2tas the panel 13 is adjusted vertically,therefore, by observing the relative position of the pointer 25 withrespect to the graduations of the scale 24:, the operator may judge,before applying the container to the table panel, as to what positionthe table panel should be adjusted to in order to receive the particularcontainer preparatory to applying the cap thereto. In other words, thescale and the pointer may be used to effect the adjustment of the partsof the capping machine to accommodate containers of different sizes.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is 1. A capping machinecomprising a base frame, a lever pivoted thereon, spring means fornormally retaining the free end of the lever in an elevated position, atable frame mounted upon the base frame and having an upwardly disposedportion, a table panel mounted above the table frame means foradjusting'the table panel vertically with relation .to the table frame,a shaft journaled in the hood portion of the table frame, an

arm carried by the-shaft and operatively connected with the lever, astop member adjustably mounted in the hood located 1n the path ofmovement of the arm, and a capping said table panel being provided atits rear edge with anupstanding flange, a hood portion mounted upon thetable frame, a shaft journaled under the hood portion, means for turningthe shaft, a stop member adjust ably mounted in the hood and adapted tolimit the turning movement of the shaft, a capping panel pivotallymounted upon the hood, means for swinging the capping panel andoperatively connecting thesame with the shaft. 1 i V In testimonywhereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

Witnesses:

NIOOLA SALVIA, ANGELO Pn'r'rnonn.

DANIEL FAssoN.

